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2021-10-16 17:29:32 Opinion : NPR
Opinion: The global reason behind Chicago's 'garbage juice'

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2021-10-16 17:29:31 Opinion : NPR
Feel like you're missing something in 'Squid Game'? Here's a rundown

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2021-10-16 09:13:37 quickhatch Open / Comment

2021-10-16 08:05:36 Word of the Day
impede

Definition: (verb) Be a hindrance or obstacle to.
Synonyms: hinder.
Usage: By questioning every proposal, she is impeding the progress of our project.
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2021-10-16 07:55:49 Idiom of the Day
move through the gears

To steadily increase one's momentum, as of speed, intensity, progress, or success. Watch the video

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2021-10-16 07:11:44 gossamer Open / Comment

2021-10-16 01:58:30 The New Yorker Radio Hour
Daniel Craig Takes Off the Tux

Daniel Craig made his career as an actor in the theatre and in British indie films. When he showed up in Hollywood, it was usually in smaller roles, often as a villain. So, in 2005, when Craig was cast as the original superspy, James Bond, he seemed as surprised as anyone. In “No Time to Die,” Craig gives his final performance as Bond—a role, he tells David Remnick, that sometimes grated on him. Craig hasn’t lost his love of theatre, and is set to play Macbeth on Broadway. “I try not to differentiate” between Shakespeare’s work and Ian Fleming’s, he tells David Remnick. “You’re trying to aim for some truth, to ground things in reality,” and “both require the same muscles.” Though he admits that “there’s a lot more chat” in a Shakespeare script. Plus, the beloved comic character actor Carol Kane discusses her Oscar-nominated turn in 1975’s “Hester Street,” which is being re-released.

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2021-10-16 01:20:50 Religion : NPR
A Kandahar mosque attack exposes the Taliban's security challenges

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with George Washington University's Andrew Mines on what the suicide blast at a mosque in Afghanistan which killed dozens says about the Taliban's ability to maintain security.
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